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friendlyfamine on 16 July 2017
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StarDoor said:
friendlyfamine said:

You guys don't seem to understand what I'm instigating, here. The Switch is indefinitely a better device than the 3DS, but are you considering what made the 3DS successful? The 3DS was carried by affordability, and this is obvious by the fact that in the first few months, the 3DS wasn't selling too hot. It's not until it's huge price cut that it started selling well. 

How can we certain that the Switch will outsell the 3DS? The 3DS maintained high sales, and we can't be sure the Switch will do the same. Especially with all these stock issues that have gone uninvestigated, the Switch is losing to the PS4. All these sales lists I'm seeing are all wishful thinking by Nintendo fans, expecting the Switch to sell 100 million. Keep it feasible. Realistically, Mario Odyssey, Pokemon and probably a new Mario Kart could hit 10 million. The rest will cap at either 7 or less. Unless the Switch ends up being a groundbreaking success that outsells the PS4, nun of this is happening.

Your agrument doesn't make any sense. The Switch is selling better than the 3DS in spite of a much higher price. The 3DS needed to be $170 to sell like the Switch at $300. So how do you expect the Switch to do worse overall, when in a few years the price will be in the typical handheld range? Do you think the Switch will never get price cuts or revisions?

Also, how have the stock issues gone "uninvestiaged"? It's been one of the most discussed topics for months now. We know the cause, and we know that July and onward will see the effects of increased production.

The Switch doesn't even need to reach 100 million to have multiple 10 million sellers. All it has to do is match the 3DS, and it will do that easily.

With only a few months worth of data. You're forgetting about the word "maintenance" that I mentioned. The 3DS and Switch are very close in NPD sales when you look at the launch. It's not like the Switch is selling 2 million more, and is definitely going to outsell it. It's absolutely unknown if the Switch will outsell the 3DS, and right now stock issues are looking to prevent that. The stock issues are "uninvestigated" as it hasn't been confirmed by Nintendo as to why they are having stock issues. Only speculation and reports from news sites that aren't necessarily true, or could just be excuses. Also, refer back to my first comment, most of the multiple 10 million sellers on the 3DS were just barely 10 million sellers, only Pokemon and Mario proved to sell that much. You can't really compare this to the 3DS when prices of games are involved, and totally different games are being concerned, like a main Zelda and Splatoon- selling over 10 million.